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that's from their defense minister. i think the president will get a chance to set the record straight. deal with a lot of false advertising and demonstrate for the world we have a lot of tools to prevent rooirn from getting a nuclear weapon. it it doesn't just include a military option. >> mitt romney at certain points in the debates has tried to take steps toward the middle, toward the president in effect. did you prepare for any surprises in that way for this debate? >> i think after the first debate, we go into an understanding that at any time without a moment's notice, mitt romney could shed six years or 16 years of believes and he pretend he doesn't have a tax cut for the rich or that he loves teachers. a whole host of things. i don't doubt you'll hear a mitt romney that thinks diplomacy is the answer with iran. when he went to israel, he and his advisers talked about the fact that, you know, our country or the israels could go in unilaterally. i don't think we need wing tip cowboy diplomacy. we didn't need it fo
that's from their defense minister. i think the president will get a chance to set the record straight. deal with a lot of false advertising and demonstrate for the world we have a lot of tools to prevent rooirn from getting a nuclear weapon. it it doesn't just include a military option. >> mitt romney at certain points in the debates has tried to take steps toward the middle, toward the president in effect. did you prepare for any surprises in that way for this debate? >> i think...
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suppose he surprises everybody and doesn't play defense. he doesn't try to handle his opponent and clinch, that he really goes and tries to put him away. and i think that's the significanti i significanting question. how does romney deal with the fact that he has no spontaneity? no ability to deal with the unexpected? how does he deal with that in the debate for an hour and a half? so will obama go after the guy, not play defense, not finesse the guy, knock him out and end this thing. and will the other guy be able to deal with the unexpected, which perhaps will be obama coming after him, not him coming after obama. >> chris, when you talk about the president potentially going after mitt romney, do you mean in terms of stylistic aggression, or do you means in terms of trying to nail him as a flip-flopper or going really aggressively against his policies. which do you mean? >> i would say this. you are promising something new. you keep saying i've got something new. everything you've said sounds like what we got rid of because we had a disas
suppose he surprises everybody and doesn't play defense. he doesn't try to handle his opponent and clinch, that he really goes and tries to put him away. and i think that's the significanti i significanting question. how does romney deal with the fact that he has no spontaneity? no ability to deal with the unexpected? how does he deal with that in the debate for an hour and a half? so will obama go after the guy, not play defense, not finesse the guy, knock him out and end this thing. and will...
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a $2 trillion increase in defense spending. we don't know the tax policy and i think we know what it is and he won't make cuts to education that's what we learned about this, in theory, fiscally daub responsible person. i don't know how it was on tv but the substance of this where you say one thing in one place and another inning in another place won't hold up. >> stay on that line. did you see inconsistency nb romney's position? >> what i saw was a mitt romney who came prepared to have a conversation with the president was clearly not prepared to have. we can talk about the degree to which there may have been inconsistency there but, look, this is a debate, one on up with. if my on the is not going to call me out on something that he thinks is inconsistent. it's great for you to do it, chris, after the fact but the president of the united states whos has governed the country for four years and tonight was his night to look the american people in the eye to say with substance not only what he was going to do for the next four b
a $2 trillion increase in defense spending. we don't know the tax policy and i think we know what it is and he won't make cuts to education that's what we learned about this, in theory, fiscally daub responsible person. i don't know how it was on tv but the substance of this where you say one thing in one place and another inning in another place won't hold up. >> stay on that line. did you see inconsistency nb romney's position? >> what i saw was a mitt romney who came prepared to...
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they need him playing strong defense tonight, saying my record is good. i saved the american auto industry. i brought this economy back from the brink of collapse. i gave women equal money for equal time. i saved a lot of things, especially the honor of this country, to not have 40 million people sitting in the emergency room among all the industrialized countries, we were the last to do it. i want to bring a lesson which comes from military war, which tells you what i think obama has to do tonight to regain that spiritual leadership. you know why the idf won the six-day war in israel against all its enemies? because the israeli tank commanders ride with their heads out of the top of the tank. that exposes them to the enemy. but it also gives them the most wonderful, clear vision of the land in front of them and the enemy. they expose themselves so they can do a better job leading the army. obama tonight has to take some chances. he has to risk being hit hard by romney, by sticking his head out. he's got to stick his head out on the two fronts, defending
they need him playing strong defense tonight, saying my record is good. i saved the american auto industry. i brought this economy back from the brink of collapse. i gave women equal money for equal time. i saved a lot of things, especially the honor of this country, to not have 40 million people sitting in the emergency room among all the industrialized countries, we were the last to do it. i want to bring a lesson which comes from military war, which tells you what i think obama has to do...
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>> i feel like i have to rush to the defense of people who look boyish. >> but you're not running for vice president. >> thank god. >> but if you were, that would be part of the case you had to make that you were ready. this is not the most important issue tonight, but it has been bugging me as give been doing all this prep is when before mitt romney picked paul ryan he was making the case on the campaign trail that nobody should be allowed to run for president of the united states. amend the u.s. constitution so you couldn't run unless you had significant private sector experience, except for paul ryan who he picked to be his vice presidential nominee. do you think that distance between ryan and romney, ed, is the most important thing? most important opening tonight for joe biden? >> well, in your opening you talked about how they're very much the same. washingtonites. but the way they got there is a lot different. ryan's path was one of privilege. joe biden's was one of true middle class. i think tonight's debate is as much about how liberals are going to feel when it's over with, a
>> i feel like i have to rush to the defense of people who look boyish. >> but you're not running for vice president. >> thank god. >> but if you were, that would be part of the case you had to make that you were ready. this is not the most important issue tonight, but it has been bugging me as give been doing all this prep is when before mitt romney picked paul ryan he was making the case on the campaign trail that nobody should be allowed to run for president of the...
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the president was on the defensive on a few issues. >> can i give one fine detail. >> i think the fact they were sitting at a table together made it romney to engage in that flagrant disrespect he showed the second debate. hold on. you'll get your turn. >> romney actually had the opposite strategy which was to agree with the president on virtually everything. he did that as a way to minimize -- >> it's called clinching. >> it's like in boxing. he's draped himself all over the president. did not show any kind of definition of his own vision. >> not only that -- >> give joy a chance. double points. howard talks about the boxer. it doesn't look that be good. >> if we're going to talk about finer points. let me put one final point. the sweating was distracting. he came in with a strategy of getting into barack obama's pocket and tucking himself in there the whole night. he didn't throw a punch. at one point he looked to be almost pleading to get more time to respond to a point the president made. i didn't see a single shot he got in that wasn't strongly and sternly rebutted. i don't think
the president was on the defensive on a few issues. >> can i give one fine detail. >> i think the fact they were sitting at a table together made it romney to engage in that flagrant disrespect he showed the second debate. hold on. you'll get your turn. >> romney actually had the opposite strategy which was to agree with the president on virtually everything. he did that as a way to minimize -- >> it's called clinching. >> it's like in boxing. he's draped himself...
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he put paul ryan on the defensive a lot more. i think you see republicans are trying to push the style thing. i think it shows you they know, look, biden did what he had to do to stop the panic on the left. ryan had a whole do-no-harm strategy. i'm told that was their goal. they knew biden was coming at him hard. they didn't want him taking the bait on too many things. at a minimum, he didn't do anything to hurt romney going into next tuesday. >> chuck, in terms of that do-no-harm strategy, are we seeing anything from the romney/ryan side in terms of trying to either correct or walk back any of the things that he said either on the confused or -- the confused muddled response where he lost track of what he was saying on afghanistan or on the blunt comments he made on abortion rights? any attempts to finesse those or walk those back? >> well, i think you saw the difficulty. this was something i know that the romney folks were worried about. how was ryan going to handle basically differences that he has with romney on two big issue
he put paul ryan on the defensive a lot more. i think you see republicans are trying to push the style thing. i think it shows you they know, look, biden did what he had to do to stop the panic on the left. ryan had a whole do-no-harm strategy. i'm told that was their goal. they knew biden was coming at him hard. they didn't want him taking the bait on too many things. at a minimum, he didn't do anything to hurt romney going into next tuesday. >> chuck, in terms of that do-no-harm...
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>> i mean, i think we were past the self-defense claim way before this. you know, i would hope with the new testimony of the young lady today we have pieced together the final moments of his life now. it's clear that in the final moments, zimmerman was still the aggressor and trayvon was still the victim trying to get away from him. so you know, in my opinion, yes, we're away from it. no, that doesn't mean we're in the clear because it's not up to me. >> and do you expect attorney rand, for the state investigationing to take precedence over the federal investigation? is it your understanding from what you've been hearing that the justice department will do some looking around but basically hold back to see what the state does first? >> i have not been directly in contact with the justice department. did i meet with the state attorney's office yesterday. and the state attorney told me when i asked him how the investigation, the chief of police for sanford performed was, he told me that the investigation was reasonable and needed great supplementation. the
>> i mean, i think we were past the self-defense claim way before this. you know, i would hope with the new testimony of the young lady today we have pieced together the final moments of his life now. it's clear that in the final moments, zimmerman was still the aggressor and trayvon was still the victim trying to get away from him. so you know, in my opinion, yes, we're away from it. no, that doesn't mean we're in the clear because it's not up to me. >> and do you expect attorney...
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as steve points out, it's part acting, part true self-defense. and the emotions seemed to be there. and it's never there with mr. romney like that. where it seems like the person leaping out of the suit coat and responding in self-defense. >> and think about where the gingrich campaign would be tonight, if jon king had decided, you know what, i think marriage is out of bounds for a presidential debate. i'm not going to ask about it. >> or if jon king had said, i'm not going to ask this like i'm prying, i'm going to ask you about your hypocrisy. >> newt would have found something else to jump on. you must understand, the people in that audience feel that the so phantom elite liberal media looks at them a certain way. if will and romney had fought back when they brought up taxes of bain in the same spread, they would have cleared for him. they identify with this underdog, we're fighting against them and newt gingrich understands that better than the rest on the stage. >> and the people in south carolina don't like the media. they love to target that. the other thing is you talk about
as steve points out, it's part acting, part true self-defense. and the emotions seemed to be there. and it's never there with mr. romney like that. where it seems like the person leaping out of the suit coat and responding in self-defense. >> and think about where the gingrich campaign would be tonight, if jon king had decided, you know what, i think marriage is out of bounds for a presidential debate. i'm not going to ask about it. >> or if jon king had said, i'm not going to ask...
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we need a strong national defense. we don't need to be the policemen of the world. and very simply we should reject and not get engaged in any more wars that aren't declared properly and supported by the people. i've gotten some advice on the internet every once and a while. the advice is, ron if you would change your foreign policy, you would get a few supporters. if they only knew the support for the freedom movement comes with a sound economic and a sound foreign policy that makes sense. [ cheers and applause ] very simply, very simply it means bringing our troops home and stopping all the undeclared unwinnable wars. [ cheers and applause ] now, what would this do for our economy? i would like to see all the troops spending their money here at home and not going over there. but the last ten years, fighting these unwinnable, undeclared wars, we have spent over $4 trillion more into debt for this. so it is a cost of life and limb, but there is an economic cost as well. and the american people are tired of it. and they're ready because they know this country is bank
we need a strong national defense. we don't need to be the policemen of the world. and very simply we should reject and not get engaged in any more wars that aren't declared properly and supported by the people. i've gotten some advice on the internet every once and a while. the advice is, ron if you would change your foreign policy, you would get a few supporters. if they only knew the support for the freedom movement comes with a sound economic and a sound foreign policy that makes sense. [...